(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
receptionist; reception woman
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
number of people; population; human head
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
official business; public business
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
(official) audience; interview; reception; meeting with one's lawyer (while detained or imprisoned)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
to degenerate; to lapse into
intelligence agency; secret service
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over